September 26 1796 - I am in the horrors today.

Huzzah! We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 22 of The Papers of John Adams. Learn all about his epic first year as president: masshist.org/beehiveblog/20… #MHS1791 #AdamsPapers NHPRC National Endowment for the Humanities ADE

Check out the latest episode of AskHistorians Podcast in which Humble host @kig7w had a great conversation with Jennifer Binis about the podcast and the importance of understanding the content of women's letters. reddit.com/r/AskHistorian…

Join us Oct. 12-14 to explore Native American history, culture and their role in the Revolutionary War with living history interpreters, dance performances, and more as part of our annual Indigenous Peoples Weekend celebration. More from PhillyVoice: bit.ly/3zTkUfh

I did a double take at the use of the word "crib" here

#OTD in 1781, Elizabeth wrote to Hester Thrale Piozzi, in which she sings high praise for her carriage, recommending Hester ‘taking the air every morning in ye one horse chair, it is the best Carriage in the world’. emco.swansea.ac.uk/emco/letter-vi…

Here’s my short piece on a mid-C18th Black voter I came across by chance. I’ll be writing about him more fully in an article to be published next year

October 21 1792 - Mrs Atkinson there. Mr Hutton [Tone] a puppy! Mrs McCarty xxxx eyes xxxx teeth xxxx not handsome but interesting xxxx. Mr Hutton an egregious coxcomb! Stays late.

MaryAnn's influence extended within her own family, particularly with her niece Maria who was Henry Joy's illegitimate daughter. Mary Ann took over her care after her brother's execution-despite some of her families' apprehensions. Maria proved to be a great support for her aunt

MISS BRAZEN just BREECHT 😂 emuseum.history.org/objects/18048/…

While you're waiting for our new season why not listen to the latest episode of Worlds Turned Upside Down?

A Season of Revolution begins next week! Are you ready? r2studios.org/show/your-most…

The Season of Revolution has begun! In this episode, Maeve Kane joins @kig7w to discuss Konwatsi'tsiaienni Molly Brant’s pivotal diplomatic efforts to maintain the Mohawk’s alliance with the British and the turmoil Indigenous women like her experienced. r2studios.org/show/your-most…

Inspired by the SSEMWG we've resumed publishing digests of our members' publications. First up: Peter Radford They Run with Surprising Swiftness: The Women Athletes of Early Modern Britain University of Virginia Press (2023) upress.virginia.edu/title/5707/

“A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, where hundreds of mostly enslaved students learned to read through a curriculum that justified slavery.” #history apnews.com/article/willia…

A solid example of someone abbreviating the absolute heck out of "Your mo. obt. hb. Servt."

“I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves." --Mary Wollstonecraft

(1/3) It’s #NationalPickleDay! #Pickling was an important food preservation method in the 19th century. Montpelier’s #enslaved gardeners could produce fresh cucumbers and other vegetables and fruits for only a few weeks in the year,

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I'm sorry but "threatened pudding" is absolutely sending me